Plainchant for the Translation of St. Cuthbert

at his church in Norham by Cappella Novocastriensis

Plainchant for St. Cuthbert, followed by William Byrd "Ego sum panis vivus", performed in the St. Cuthbert Church at Norham.

My (Classical) Latin is far too rusty to make anything much of this medieval hymn, and sadly I discover that the online translation pages can make even less of it than I can....:-)  I can however tell you that this is for the September 4th feast of the Translation of Saint Cuthbert's body from Chester-le-Street to its final resting place in Durham cathedral. The text appears in a missal according to the use of York

Text of the Plainchant:

De sancto Cuthberto.

 Verbum Pater eructavit,
Verbi rore germinavit
Cuthbertus ut lilium;
 Regnum tenens et supernum,
Ibi floret in aeternum
Ante Dei filium.
 Iste suis in diebus
Mundus, mundi carens rebus,
Carens labe criminis,
 Lege fulsit in divina,
Quasi stella matutina
Medio caliginis.
Carne vivens, carnem mori
Fecit usu graviori
Victus, vestis asperae;
 Sic Cuthbertus promeretur,
Caro nitens quod videtur
Nunc post mortem vivere.
 Hic expertes sanitatis
Omnis sexus et aetatis
Saluti restituit,
 Caecis visum, claudis gressun,
Ad loquendum dat regressum
Quibus sermo defuit.
 Sunt et patris infinita
Quae post mortem et in vita
Protulit miracula,
 Cuius prece Deo grata,
Stola nobis vitae data,
. Cuius prece Deo grata,
Stola nobis vitae data,
Vivamus in saecula. Amen